Shirt-sleeve.



A. PARADS.

SHIRT SLEEVE.

APPLIOATION FILED AUG. 3, 1912.

1;@45973?, Patented. NOK/126, 1912.

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ALBERT PARADIS, or PHIIL.linriLPuIm PENNSYLVANIA, AssIGNon To SAMUEL STERNBERGEN COMPANY, A coRPoRATIoN or PENNSYLVANIA.

SHIRE-SLEEVE.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented Nov. 2e, 1912.

Application led August 3, 1912.l v*Serial No. 713.043.v

To all whom 'it may concern.'

Be it known that I, ALBERT PARADIS, a citizen of the United States, residing in the city and county. of Philadelphia, State of Pennsylvania, have invented la new and usevaried, and s o it is to be understoodthat the"I invent-ion is not limited 'to the specific arf rangement and organization lshown and described.

Figure Il represents a front elevation Of-a shirt having sleeves embodying my invenfk tion applied thereto. Fig. 2 represents/ah.

elevat-ion of a portion. ofthe stationary section of the sleeve. Fig. 3 represents an elevation of a portion of the detachable section ofthe sleeve. Similar numerals of reference indicate cor'- respo'nding part-s in the figures.

Referring to the drawings :-1 designatesa shirt having sleeves which are divided forming sections 2 which are stationary on the shoulder portions of the shirt, and sec'v tions 3 which'are detachable from said sta-- tionary sect-ions, it being notieed that the stationary` sections may be worn alone when short sleeves are desired, or the detachable sections may be worn with said `stationary sections when long sleeves are desired.

In order to connect the sections 3 with the.

sections 2 there are formed in the sides of the latter the buttonholes 4 which are vin alinement extending from the vshoulder opening downward and a portion of veach side of the upper end of each section 3 `is extended upwardly forming lthe tab or tongue 5 and in the same are the buttonholes 6 which are in alinement extending from the top ofthe tab or tongue to the body of the section 3, the two sets' of buttonholes 6 and t being adapted to register so that a stud 7 may be placed in corresponding buttonholesin the sections and so retain the sections 3 in position on the sections 2, it` beingevident thatl the sections 3 may be adjusted down or up on the sections 2 whereby more or less of the sleeves may 'appear atthe wrists of the theshirt, tor as has been said before, the s ecwearer, and the sleeves may be adjusted in: Vlengthto that of the arms of the wearer of tions '3, may be entirely removed so thatfthe 'shirt may be worn with short sleeves-'due tenth @tions 2.

endsf.l sections 2 so; as te set well' above the v sameas plainly `illustrated jonsthe left ion is .specialIydirected to the fact lt-liatllth tabs or tongues5, overlap the lower sideof 1 and .'t-hllS theupperiends ,of the "sectionsv Stare not fl1iable toenterffthe lower endsofthe sectionsZortheylower A.ends of the sections 2 are not' liablegtoxwork'over the upper yends ofthe ,sections awhile fthel two Qsections are .connenCted-f by what may be' "termed Hat Vjoints' and thus -the` ltwo part v sleeves -may be worn= comfortably" -without gathering, puckering or bucklingespecially vabout the lower edges yofthe-stat-ieriary 'secdetachable sectionsp. yI haveshown a "plurali't veither'` fof- -which the stud `mayfbe received, but ordinarilyzthe upperbutton hole 6 will Ieceivesaid stud and' be suiiicientjfor proper engagementrof said-'stud with either of the# alined; buttonholes 4 of the stationary sleeve section, said hole being in the upwardly-projecting tongue 5 and thus the .upper vterminal portion of the latter will not overturn but will remain always above the lower edge of the stationary sleeve section while the portion of the latter below said edge will suificiently surround the contiguous inclosed portion Aof the stationary sleeve section so.

as to prevent the tongue fro'm riding under y'and catching upon 'the lower terminalv of said stationary sleeve section, avoiding gathering, puckering and buckling as above stated.

The stud 7 may be removed from both sleeve sections, a feature of importance in washing and laundering said sections.

Fixed buttons are preferably avoided so that they cannot be torn off in washing and laundering, nor appear on the upper stationary sections when the lower detachable sleeve sections are removed, and av coat or outer garment is not worn.

Attention is also directed to the fact thatthe tongues 5 are formed of upward continuations of what may beV termed portions of the walls of the bodies of the movable sections 3, the same having their sides diverge or slope to the top edges of said bodies and joining ysaid ledges which also slope.v Thus, short and narrow means'are employed to fasten the movable sections in place and they avoid thickening of the sleeve all around the arms of the wearer, and they also lower the v transversely-extending top edges of the bodies yproper of the movable sections, below `the tops of the shoulders of the shirt, and

removing them directly from under the arm pit'sthereof. At the sane time, they support said movablefsections well-upon the stationary sections and make a better and smoother lit of the sleeves in harmony with the tapering anatomy of the sides of the arms of the wearer. Againthe buttonholes 4 are in the Lipper portions of the stationary sections so lthat the lower portions of the latter. or portions below said buttonholes are left comparatively long without buttonholes, or in other words intact, and thus` having their `strength preserved, so that the weight of the movable sections 3 is sustained on the upper portions of the stationary sections where the latter are better enabled to endure the downward strain vof the movable sections thereon, owing tothe resistance afforded by said long and intact lower portions of the stationary sections below the buttonholes therein. Then the small and narrow tonguesl provide reliable means for connectionsvoflzth'e movable sections with the stationary secti-.nsfwithout materially thickenin the sleeves a't'the,` top near the shoulders ofl the shirt or under the arm pits thereof, as above referred to.

In order to strengthen the sections about the portions having the buttonholes therein, l attach to the-face of said portions on the sections 2 the reinforces 8 composed each of a piece of material stitched to the section and having the buttonholes 4 therein,'and on thev ytabs and tongues 5 and adjacent portions of the sections -3 the reinforces 9 composed each of a piece of material stitched tol said tabs and adjacent sections and having the buttonholes 6 therein thus vastly strengthening the sections at' the places naned as also the buttonholes therein.

It is evident that the invention is applicable to the sleeves of ladies dresses, shirt adapted to vbe ittedmovably over said stationary sleeve section, a series of longitudinally alined butt'onholes' in said stationary section in the upper' portion thereof, and a buttoning tongue extending longitudinally upward from the top edge of the separate section and adapted to be detachably and adjustably connected `with said stationary sectlon below the shoulder thereof, said tongue having its means of attachment above said edge whereby when `the sections are con-- nected, the said edge, is i-n all of the adjustable positions of the separate section, below the arm pit of the wearer of the shirt.

ALBERT PARADIS. Witnesses:

JOHN A. lVlnnnnsimrM, N. BUssrNGER. 

